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Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke

Purple Cane Road: Audiobook

Book 11 of the Dave Robicheaux series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Purple Cane Road audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Bradbury (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Purple Cane Road at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Peter Bradbury

Peter Bradbury narrates 126 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,475 hours in all.

All Peter Bradbury audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

3,133 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Purple Cane Road is book 11 of James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Bradbury, released November 24, 2017, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Bradbury
Released
November 24, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
Dave Robicheaux #11
ISBN
9781528800426

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Purple Cane Road audiobook?

Purple Cane Road runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is the Purple Cane Road audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Purple Cane Road?

Purple Cane Road is narrated by Peter Bradbury.

Is Purple Cane Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.